Joan Laporta has been fighting to revive the club of his life since he became president of Barça. Since that moment, the Catalan entity has gone through all kinds of situations. The sporting director has been heavily criticized, but the reality is that he is managing to clean up the finances, something that seemed impossible.
There have been several complicated situations at Barça, but Joan Laporta has managed to face them in the best possible way. The dismissal of Xavi was a very judged decision, but it has been proven to be the right one. Now, Laporta could earn a lot of money thanks to the sale of a player who is no longer part of the squad.
The departure of Xavi
Xavi Hernández arrived at Barça at the worst moment in the club's history and managed to make it win again after a bad period. Even so, as the months went by, the coach began to receive a lot of criticism and publicly stated that he would leave at the end of the season. Faced with this situation, Joan Laporta publicly asked him to stay, and he repeated it on several occasions.
At a certain point, Xavi declared in the press conference that the club's situation was not good, something that the culé president did not like. In a rude and senseless manner, Joan Laporta ended up dismissing his coach, something that was not expected at all. Fortunately for Barça fans, the arrival of Hansi Flick has been a complete success and the results are coming on their own.
At the time, Xavi Hernández did not want to pay attention to Trincao and ended up opening the exit door for him in order to make money. Fortunately, Joan Laporta kept 50% of a future sale and now this will be very beneficial. The former Barça player is succeeding at Sporting de Portugal and his release clause is really high.
Trincao's clause will favor Joan Laporta
Joan Laporta reserved 50% of a future sale and Trincao's release clause is 80 million euros. According to several media outlets, there are several of Europe's big clubs interested in him. One of the teams that seems to be following him more closely is Manchester United, which is trying to recover after a bad year.
If the English finally pay the 80 million for Trincao, Joan Laporta would receive 40 million euros. Although we can't take anything for granted yet, it is very likely that there will be movements this summer.